United Kingdom Sources:

There have been twenty-one deaths in immigration removal centres since 1989; three women and the rest men. Harmondsworth detention centre accounts for eight deaths; three people have died at Colnbrook and two each at Campsfield, Yarl’s Wood and Haslar.

The Home Office leads a national effort to protect the public from terror, crime and anti-social behaviour. To secure UK borders and welcome legal migrants and visitors. They have a duty to safeguard identity and citizenship, and build security and justice.

The Howard League for Penal Reform has a strong and long history of working alongside the academic and research communities. A guiding principle of their work has been to develop new ideas and understanding of the consequences of changes and innovations in the penal system.

The IOPC carries out research to look at how effectively the police complaints system is operating. Their reports cover areas including; how easy it is for people to make a complaint, whether forces are referring the correct matters, and reviews of pilot projects

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (formerly the IPCC) oversees the police complaints system in England and Wales. They investigate the most serious matters, including deaths following police contact, and set the standards by which the police should handle complaints.

INQUEST is the only organisation in England and Wales that provides a specialist, comprehensive advice service to bereaved people, lawyers, other advice and support agencies, the media, MPs and the wider public on contentious deaths and their investigation.

The Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody will play an important role in helping to shape government policy through the provision of independent advice and expertise to the Ministerial Board on Deaths in Custody.

International Sources:

Deaths in custody Australia is a series of reports from the National Deaths in Custody Program, published by the Institute from 1992 to 1996 with statistics and related research on Indigenous and non-Indigenous deaths in custody.

The Counted is a project by the Guardian – and you – working to count the number of people killed by police and other law enforcement agencies in the United States throughout 2015 and 2016, monitoring demographics and the stories of how they died.